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CHARMINGLY SITUATED AT JUNCTURE OF SHARK RIVER AND OCEAN, 

FIVE iMILES SOUTH OE LONG BRANCH, 



IMIDWAY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, ON THE NEW 
YORK AND LONG BRANCH RAILROAD. 



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NEW YORK: 

GILLISS BROTHERS & TURNURE, ART AGE PRESS, 

75-79 FULTON STREET. 



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|if:t^^Ei, HE handsomest hotel, architecturally, without ex- 
.-- JmJr;-. ception, and most complete as to its internal 
arrangements on the Atlantic coast. Located 
^r—' rifi directly on the Ocean edge, at the juncture of 

Shark River and the Ocean, facing east and south, 
with nothing intervening to prevent a full sweep of the prevailing 
southeast Ocean breezes, it is the most delightful spot that can be 
Hiiagmed. The views from its magnificent verandas, balconies and 
towers are unsurpassed. It takes in the full extent from the High- 
lands on the north, to Barnegat on the south. Every room in the 



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house has an ocean exposure. Rooms facin< 



south look out on both 



Ocean and River. No land rooms — all look oceanward. The house 
is a grand structure, with wide piazzas about it, and contains every 
convenience known in modern hotel keeping. Passenger elevator, 
a speaking tube from every room to the office, gas throughout, hot 
and cold salt and fresh water baths on the three principal floors, 
(these baths are a feature and will be made very attractive,) large 




open fire-places in parlor 
and office^ and steam radia- 
tors through the halls and 
in every room, will render the hotel very pleasant during the preva- 
lence of cold storms. Discomfort can never be experienced in such 
a house, as to temperature. 

The plumbing and sanitary arrangements throughout the house 
are of the highest standard and latest invention. They are endorsed 
and considered perfect by the State Board of Health. 

The furnishing of the hotel is in harmony with its appearance, 
and is of the best. No expense has been spared to take a step of 



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Stable accommoda- 
tions will be near 
at hand, and under 






progress in the selection of furni- 
ture, luxurious beds, and general 
modern furnishing. Rugs through- 
out the house (including bed- 
\\ rooms), and polished floors will 
insure a cleanliness of apartment 
and a purity of air which once 
1^7 experienced will be greatly ap- 
preciated. Select amusements and 
entertainments will be arranged 
during the season. Also Music 
of a superior character provided. 
A fine Livery and complete 




the control of the hotel. A Billiard-room in the ^^\^''j)s.^^ 
house and a Bowling-alley within the grounds. 



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As to the cuisine, the host begs leave to state 
that its supreme importance as the leading 
feature of a first-class hotel is fully appreciated 




by him, and he hopes his entire hotel experience, 
gained in one noted house, and under the tute- 
lage of one of the best known, experienced and successful hotel 
men of this country, will be a sufficient guarantee as to its 
excellence. 




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THE most charmingly situated spot on 
the Jersey coast. Near Asbury 
Park, and opposite Ocean 
Beach, the famous Shark River being 
between, with its fine oysters, soft- i 
shell crabs, and salt water fish. The 
boundaries of Key East Beach are . 
On the north by Sylvan Lake, on 
the west and south by the salt waters 
of Shark River and Bay, and on — "^ 
the east by the Atlantic ocean. ^J 

It contains several hundred 
acres, a good portion of which J^^g" 
is piney woods, with its life- <^^ 
giving resinous aroma filling the "^^ 
air and combining with the salt 
atmosphere of the ocean. The 
drinking water is piire, 
cold and soft, and 
comes in 




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an artesian well 
feet in depth. 

The attractions of Key East 
Beach are numerous. Space for- 
bids mentioning all. Begin with 
the grand old ocean in front, with 
its excellent and safe bathing 
grounds, and facilities for bath- 
ing unsurpassed anywhere. The 
United States Life-saving Station 
is located near the bathing ground, 
with its surf-boats and crew, which 



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makes bathing still safer and more 
attractive for ladies and children. 
The beautiful Sylvan Lake, with its 
safe boating for children. The 
famous Shark River and Bay, with 
its oysters, fish, crabs, boating, 
yachting and 
still-water bath- 
ing, is the great- 





est sea-side feature on ^ ,_ ^^^1_. 

the Atlantic coast; visi- "' "^^ -" T^ 

tors at other resorts along 
the shore come for miles to revel in the 
sports and pleasures of this large and ' -- 

remarkable body of water, fringed on all sides with beautiful villas, 
hills and picturesque farming lands. The ocean tides flowing in and 
out of Shark River Inlet twice daily keeps the atmosphere always 
cool and pleasant, no matter from what quarter the breeze comes, 
nor how warm the day, with or without a breeze blowing. Several 
hundred acres of i)iney woods, with its delightful odors, walks 
and seats. Good, hard roads leading in all directions into the excel- 
lent farming lands of the neighborhood, affording beautiful drives 
and delightful rambles through a rich agricultural country and 



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among pleasant towns and villages, in- 
cluding Long Branch, Elberon, Asbury 
Park and Ocean Grove on the north, and 
Ocean Beach, Lake 
Como, Spring Lake '^ 

Beach, Sea-Girt and ^i'^- 

Point Pleasant on the ^"^.T 
south. All these places 
are within a circumfer- 
ence of five miles from 
Key East Beach. 

The railroad facilities 
for reaching Key East 
Beach cannot be equalled 
in this country. The lo- 
cation is midway between 
New York and Philadel- 
phia, on the line of the 
New York &" Long 
Branch railroad, which 
is operated in common 
by the Pennsylvania and 
the Philadelphia 6^ Read- 
ing railroad companies. 
The time by fast lines 
through the summer 
season is less than two 
hours from both New 
York and Philadelphia. 
From New York, passen- 
gers take the Philadel- 
phia c^ Reading railroad, 
foot of Liberty street, or 
the Pennsylvafiia rail- 




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road, foot of Cortlandt street, and run without change of cars direct 
to Key East Beach. New York passengers can also take the splen- 




did boats of the iWay "' - 
Jersey Southern rail- 
road from the Long Branch .. ^...._ 
pier, North River, and enjoy ■" 
a most charming cooling-off sail down the Bay 
and through the Narrows to Sandy Hook ; 
thence by cars direct to Key East Beach 
without change, in almost same time as 
by "all rail." Over twenty trains a day 
each way during the 
season, from and to 
New York, and over 
sixty trains 
a day pass 



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Key East sta- 
'' tion north and 

south. The ride is a most 
delightful one. The road 



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skirts the river, bay and ocean all the way. The cars are new 
and elaborate, and the accommodations are the finest in the 
world. Luxurious parlor cars on all fast lines. Philadelphia 
passengers take the cars of the Pennsylvania railroad at the 
Broad street depot, and run through to the shore with but one 




stop ; or from foot of Market street by their new seaside road, 
which runs along the ocean edge from a point opposite Tom's 
River to Long Branch. Philadelphia passengers can also go 
by the North Pennsylvania railroad (Bound Brook route), at the 
station at Ninth and Green streets, and go direct to Key East with- 



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out change of cars. Direct com- 
munication between Baltimore, 
Washington and the West, via the 
great Pennsylvania Railroad and 




connections. Through parlor cars 
to and from Saratoga Springs, Cats- 
kill Mountains and Lake George 
to Key East without change. All 
railroad communication with' Key 
East is first-class with reduced 
fares. 






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